William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City